Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanandaj weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Sanandaj: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qorveh (75 km away). In April its highs average 15.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Sanandaj, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sanandaj ranks 103rd of 128 for the warmest April highs and joint 95th of 128 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 128 cities is 21.8°C; Sanandaj is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sanandaj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 64 | 9.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 67 | 9.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 76 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 62 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 57 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Qorveh in AprilIran · 75 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Marīvān in AprilIran · 77 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Kermanshah in AprilIran · 111 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Saqqez in AprilIran · 123 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Bāneh in AprilIran · 126 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in AprilIran · 141 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AprilIraq · 145 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Hamadān in AprilIran · 149 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 69 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sanandaj) is explained once on the Sanandaj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.